Button fastener



Oct. 21, 1930.

A. W. B. FREI DERICK BUTTON FASTENER Filed July 22. 1929 Patented Oct. 21, 1930 v j UNITED STATES -ALFRED w. B. FREDERICK, or MANITQA, PHiLIPPINE 'ISLANDS 4 c BUTTON: FAs'rEN-ER Application filedil'uly 2 2,

This invention embraces, generally speaking, a button having an eye for securing it tothe article to which it isto be applied, a two coil round spring; wire, a half-eye in either coil of theround spring wireand of suflicient diameter to accommodate the diameter of the wire forming the eye of the button to be used, the free ends of the wire spring being raised from the points of contact with the center strand of the coil for a distance of three mm. from their points at an angle of twenty-five degrees (25), the half-eye in either wire of the two' coil round spring fastener being directly across the space within the coils from the freeends of the wire, the points of the ends of the wire coils being rounded to a blunt state,-and the coil ring fastener being circular in form.

' A better knowledge of the-features of this invention will appear inithe description of the one sheet of drawing accompanying this specification, in which I have shown a button with my fastener'attached and also detached, and in. which: 7 r Figure 1 is the 'edge elevation View of a button with my button-fastener engaged and all the parts of same assembledin their final position.

Fig. 2 is the disengaged button-fastener showing the features to be-patented uncov' ered and in their actual, combination posi-- tion.

In the figures the "button 1 has the usual fastening eye 2. When located onthe but ton-fastener a, the eye'of the button lodges in the half-eye 3 of the fastener and is loose to articulate but is held in the midway position on the fastener i'by thehalf-eye'3. The

' fastening eye'of the button'is engaged by passing it over either of the raised ends7 of the fastenera and the button is'jdisengaged by passing it out over either'of the said raised ends 7. The half-eye 3 ofthe fastener 4 is directly across the center space within the coils from the raised wire ends 7 and in either lap strand of the coils. The wireends 7 are rounded and raised for a distance ofthree aforementioned button-fastener; The said raised ends of the aforementioned button roundedand raised not morethan three mm. v in extent at anangle of 25. prevents them the button is thus permitted to be removed within one quarter of the time consumed by 1929., Serial" N 1 330,160. r i

an-angleoftwenty-five degrees (25%); from the center strand perpendicular to a plane passingihorizontally through the cen- .mediate engagement of the usual button fastenings 2 from either direction onto the button-fastener without any preliminary efiort. 1 Whenever the eye-of the button fastening 2 is in contact with the said raised points or either of them it is engaged onto the fastener serve at the same time as adequate finger holds'for engaging and disengaging the button 1. Once the button is on the button-fastener, it is allowed to articulate freely by the half-eye 3 but is at the same time held firmly in the position midway from the wire ends 7 at the opposite side of the buttons fastener 45." The wire ends 7 being bluntly from catching'in the materialin connection with which they may be usedand damaging the same to any appreciable eX-tentI While" the button-fastener 4 being but a two lap coil, the button 1 is quickly put on andtaken I" edit; The half-eye 3 does not'permit the button to go farther thanone-half way on the first lap of the coilbutton-fastener 4 and this operation with the ordinary buttonfastener; Regardless ofJwhich of the two.

ends 7 you may select to start the button 1 onto the button-fastener 4 when it reaches 2.

the open space formed .by the half -eye 3it remains therebut is free to move about until disengaged from the button-fastener.

' I clalm a V 1L, Abuttonfastenercomprising a strand of. I

resilient Wire coiled to form a circular body having contacting convolutions, one convolution being crimped to form an eye projecting transversely from the body and having an open inner end bridged by another convolution whereby an attaching eye of an article may be threaded upon one end of the strand and moved along the same into the first mentioned eye and retained in engagement With said eye of the fastener by the second .IIIGH- tioned convolution thereof.

2. A button fastener comprising a strand of resilient wire coiled to form a circular body having contacting convolutions, one convolution being crimped to form an eye projecting transversely from the body and another convolution extending in bridging relation'thereto to form a closure, the ends of said strand being bent to form prongs projecting diagonally from the body. 7

Signed in Manila, Philippine Islands, on February 28th, 1928.

\ ALFRED W. B. FREDERICK. 

